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- Hanging Gardens of Babylon (4963 bytes)
1: ...[image:ogrody_semiramidy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Gardens of Semiramis, 20th century interpretation]]
3: ...[[Babylon]] were considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. They were both supposedly buil...
5: ...t completely substantiate what look like fanciful descriptions.
7: ... possible use of something similar to an [[Archimedes' screw]] as a process of raising the water to th...
8: ...'s History of the Ancients program The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. --> - Locomotive (16705 bytes)
3: ...ves because they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.
8: ...ather than in self-propelled vehicles. These include:
13: ...tly motive power assets can be moved around as needed.
17: ...s of providing motive work - the common ones include:
20: ...illustration of a historical train. Pictures provided by by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Cli... - Harmonium (4268 bytes)
5: ...mon in the late 19th century, replacing the [[melodeon]]. It was used as a practice instrument by orga...
9: ...[[Alexandre Debain]], though there was concurrent development of similar instruments.
15: ...ollowers of the [[sikh]] faith, who use it it the devotional singing of prayers, called [[kirtan]]. In...
20: ...Tulsidas Borkar of Mumbai. More and more music students are learning in this fashion.
22: ...llows inflates an internal reservoir bellows inside the harmonium from which air escapes to vibrate t... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ... [[Meridian (geography)|meridian]]s of a [[longitude]] that is a multiple of 15? thus making neighbori...
6: ...'s atomically measured time as distinct from time determined by astronomical observation as formerly c...
8: ...00 UTC on the last Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in...
13: *[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]: UTC + 1 (e.g. if it is 12:00 UTC, then it is ...
15: ...5.5 (e.g. if it is 13:00 UTC, then it is 18:30 in Mumbai) - Food (24212 bytes)
7: ==Legal definition==
9: ...ocessed, partially processed or unprocessed, intended to be, or reasonably expected to be ingested by ...
14: Links to official legal definitions of food:
15: ...fda.gov/opacom/laws/fdcact/fdcact1.htm US federal definition of food]
16: ...uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900016_en_2.htm#mdiv1 UK definition of food] - India (27950 bytes)
1: ...Nepal]], and [[Bhutan]] on the north, and [[Bangladesh]] and [[Myanmar]] on the east. On the [[Indian ...
3: ...independence in [[1947]], during the past two decades the country has grown significantly, in its econ...
5: ...#720;ɾət̪<sup>h</sup>}}), which is derived from the [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]] name...
9: <!-- THIS SECTION IS A SUMMARY. CONSIDER ADDING MATERIAL TO THE 'HISTORY OF INDIA' ARTICL...
11: ...ermanent settlements appeared 9,000 years ago and developed into the [[Indus Valley Civilization]], wh... - Cattle (12844 bytes)
17: Cattle were originally identified by [[Carolus Linnaeus]] as three separate ...
21: ...d for meat are [[castration|castrated]] unless needed for breeding. The castrated male is then called ...
23: ...to being gender-neutral, although it is usually understood to mean female (females of other animals, s...
33: ...via]], [[Poland]], in [[1627]], although some breeders have attempted to recreate the original gene po...
40: ... the oldest form of wealth. Their ability to provide [[meat]], dairy and draft while reproducing thems... - Pirate Ship (44502 bytes)
1: ...rm has been used to refer to raids across land borders by non-state actors. Piracy should be distingu...
3: == Definition ==
4: ...09-04-09 |accessdate=2009-04-09 |publisher=[[Open Democracy]]}}</ref>
10: ...liament/2587/trade.html Phoenician Economy and Trade].</ref> By the 1st century BC, there were pirate ...
12: ...ued and captured the pirates, and had them put to death. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
8: dead=dead|
9: date_of_death=[[January 30]], [[1948]] |
10: place_of_death=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
13: ...who brought the cause of [[India|India's]] independence from [[British India|British colonial rule]] t...
15: ... truth" or "pursuit of truth", has inspired other democratic activists, including [[Martin Luther King... - Indus Valley Civilization (23571 bytes)
7: ...ires of [[Mesopotamia]] and [[Ancient Egypt]]. It declined during the mid [[2nd millennium BC]] and wa...
11: Additionally, there is some evidence indicative of another large river, now long dr...
13: ...t as [[Delhi]], as far west as the [[Iran]]ian border, and as far north as the [[Himalayas]]. Among th...
15: ...a'', "foreigner, barbarian, non-[[Aryan]]" may be derived from the name.
17: ...its means of subsistence and the causes of its sudden disappearance, beginning around [[1900 BC]]. We ... - Cities along the Silk Road (5982 bytes)
27: ...' (See below: northern route along the Taklamakan desert)''':'''
41: ** ''the famous [[Buddhas of Bamyan]] destroyed by the [[Taliban]] in 2001''
46: * [[Mumbai]], India
49: '''From Kabul, Afghanistan to Arabian Sea port at Debal, Pakistan'''
54: * [[Debal]], Pakistan - Ox (2803 bytes)
2: ...bai.04.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Draft [[Zebus]] in [[Mumbai]], [[India]]]]
5: ...ed of bovine, nor have any "blue" oxen lived outside the folk tales surrounding [[Paul Bunyan]], the m...
11: ...e force of draft is distributed across their shoulders. Oxen are chosen, from calves, with horns sinc...
15: ...ny oxen are still in use worldwide, especially in developing nations. - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
5: ...ver one billion in the world today, bicycles provide the principal means of transportation in many reg...
7: The bicycle has impacted history considerably in both the cultural and industrial realms. ...
13: ...never existed, but were made up by [[Louis Baudry de Saunier]], a 19th century French bicycle historia...
14: ...|280px|Smartly dressed couple seated on an 1886-model bicycle for two.]]
15: ...drive mechanism, in [[1840]], which enabled the rider to lift his feet off the ground while driving th...
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